GBS : Autograph Note to Charles Thomas[n.p.] This is on no account to be inserted in the Music article [Envelope is
addressed to Robson & Son, Printers; note on envelope directs Shaw to
"Please send this at once by hand to" Dobson & Son. Plus a note by B.F.
Burgunder identifying Thomas.]

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to Mrs. Emery WalkerLondon; Dear Mrs. Walker, Never shilst I live will I steal a handkerchief
again.

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Harold WrightLondon; Dear Wright/ I give you my word that the enclosed is the first five
shillings

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Harold WrightLondon; Dear Wright/ You looked as if you wanted to sit on the safety valve
this evening.

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Harold WrightLondon; Dear Wright/ We are indeed at the gates of hell;

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Jenny PattersonLondon; As to Beatty, do as you please. Only remember that - [On verso is
Jenny's reply to Shaw, dated Wednesday. Included is 2 leaf note by B.F.
Burgunder and a photograph of each side of the leaf.]

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Alice LockettLondon; My dear Alice/ I swear by the spirit of Nature's author, which is in
the hills, [With 3 photographic copies of the letter and one of the envelope
along with negatives.]

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Frances E. (Trickett)
ArcherLondon; Dear Mrs. Archer/ I have at last made time to go carefully through your
MS;

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. BartlettLondon; Dear Bartlett/ If it were possible for me to belong to the Bloomsbury
Society

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to C. D. YatesLondon; Dear Yatess/ I look forward with the greatest misgiving to the World's
progress

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to C. D. YatesLondon; My dear Yates/ I thought it possible that the command might be taken by
Major Griffiths,

10

GBS Typed Letter Signed to Major Arthur GriffithsLondon; Dear Major Griffiths/ Not a bit of it : there is no objection in the
world on my part

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Charles ThomasLondon; Dear Mr. Thomas/ It occurs tome that as those books ought, I suppose,
to be reviewed,

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Charles CharringtonLondon; I have just had a telegram to say that the license must be for the
Theatre Royal, [With note from B.F. Burgunder]

10

GBS : Autograph Letterpostcard] Signed to J. W[erner]
L[aurie]London; Dear Sir/ The remittance is all right : there was no question of a
presentation.

10

GBS : Autograph Letter[postcard] Signed to T. Fisher UnwinLondon; Dear Fisher Unwin/ I have just had notice that the Fabian committee
meeting

10

GBS : Typed Letter[mimeograph] Signed to Ellen TerryLondon; [ Correspondence between Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw. Taken from
"Ellen Terry & Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence" for Radio Broadcast on the
occasion of Ellen Terrery's birthday]

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Sally FairchildLondon; Sally Fairchild/ If you send any "nice, pretty, ambitious little girl
who is an actress" to me, [Fairchild was talking about Ethel Barrymore as
metioned in a note from M.A. DeW. H[owe]. Included is a 2 page note from B.F.
Burgunder.]

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Charles CharringtonLondon; Thanks for the fiver. I am not pressed just now;

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Charles CharringtonLondon; Excuse me - I forgot to acknowledge the fiver. Many thanks;

10

GBS : Autograph Letter[postcard] Signed to Jaegers Sanitary Wollen
Co.London; I am sorry to say that the Daily Mail telegram is not sound commercial
security

10

GBS : Autograph Letter[postcard] Signed to Sydney CockerellLondon; You should have let me do the art lectures

10

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs. KennedyLondon; Dear Mrs. Kennedy/ I am invalided just at present, or I should ask Mr.
Kennedy

GBS : Typed Letter [copy] to Augustin HamonAyot St. Lawrence; My dear Hamon/ I telegraphed yesterday to same time. [Shaw
discusses foreign language publications of his works. Included in folder is a 3
page explanation by B.F. Burgunder of the French & German editions of Shaw
in the Cornell collection along with 8 pages of various catalogues listing Shaw
items along with photocopies of some of the items listed. The Hamon letter is
probably one of the items that was singled out.]

11

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to UnknownAyot St. Lawrence: Dear Sir/ The story about the watch was in full swing about
Charles Bradlaugh

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to [Robert d'Humieres]Battler's Green, Letchmore Heath; My dear Marquis/ You are wrong about Hamon.
He has style, grit,

11

GBS : Typed Letter [copy?] to Dr. Erich Hoffmann[n.p.] Dear Sir, I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 26th inst.,

11

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to C. H. NormanLondon; My dear Norman, I have nothing whatever to say about the criticisms.
With copy send by Guy Bolton to Shaw who returned it with a note : "Dear Guy
Bolton/ I have no recollection of this letter ... [With catalogue listing of
the letters upon which B.F. Burgunder has typed a long note.]

11

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to Miss AndrewsLondon; Dear Miss Andrews, In case you have been able to get Messrs Ellis and
Walery

11

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to Miss Marion ChappellLondon; Dear Miss Chappell, It would of course be impossible for me to refuse
to allow Richard Strauss

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to UnknownAyot St. Lawwrence; Lord bless her innocence, with her two dozen!

11

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Robert RattrayEdstaston wem Shrewsbury; I am afraid I am already full up for next season.

11

GBS : Autograph Letter [postcard] Signed to John E.
VedrenneEdstaston wem Shrewsbury; Whitney-Barbara is all bunkum. He wants to conciliate
me

11

GBS : Autograph Letter [postcard] Signed to Ben Iden PayneCarrigart Co., Donegal; It would be an interesting experiment: try it by all
means.

11

GBS : Autograph Letter [copy] Signed to Olga NethersoleParknasilla-on-Sea, Co. Kerry; My dear Miss Nethersole/ I shall never get this
dreadful book out:

11

GBS : Autograph Letter [postcard] Signed to H. W.
MassinghamLoondon; Mark anything on the proof you want softened or omitted.

11

GBS : AL [postcard] S to John E. VedrenneLondon; Barker won't come up : he syas that as the scenery is going into your
store

11

GBS : Autograph Letters[postcards] to Margaret HalstanLondon; 10 directional postcards for Raina in "Arms and the Man". [Shaw
apparently dropped in on the performance and noted his suggestions for her
portrayal. Each postcard has a different picture of Shaw on the back. Plus
there are transcriptions of each postcard on separate sheets. Plus a note from
B.F. Burgunder explaining the situation.]

11

GBS : Autograph Letter [postcard] Signed to John E.
VedrenneSavoie, Thonon-les-Bains; I have no objection in the world to Mrs. Fay;

11

GBS : Typed Letter [carbon] Signed to Ralph BrodrickLondon; Dear Sir, I attach a special value to the invitation with which you
have honored me

11

GBS : Typed Letter [mimeograph] to Emil DaviesLondon; My dear Emil Davies, In reply to your letter asking for my opinion
[Note at top of letter says this letter was mimeographed and sent to all
members of the Fabian Society.

11

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Viola TreeAyot St. Lawrence; My dear Viola/ If I had had a notion that you would have
liked Eurdice,

11

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to D. Lewin ManneringAyot St. Lawrence; Dear Lewin Mannering, You will drive me out of my
senses.

11

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Viola TreeEdsteston wem Shrewsbury; My dear Viola/ Just three lines in frantic haste to
catch the post.

11

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to John PalmerLondon; Dear Mr. Palmer, What I said about a book on the censorship would not
hold

11

GBS : Autograph Letter [shorthand draft] to J.N. Duddington[Ayot St. lawrence] Dear Mr. Duddington, Shall we say provisionally a pound a
week for the furniture [With letter from Duddington to Mrs. Shaw, 23-6-12, and
a transcription of Shaw's shorthand; plus a note from B.F. Burgunder with
explanations.]

11

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to C. H. Norman[London] Dear Norman, The Malatesta Case comes sufficiently within the range of
Radical interest [With note in Shaw's hand at the tope]

11

GBS : Autograph Letter[postcard] Signed to Dorothy MintoLondon; As the book is coming to pieces I have sent it to be stitched [With
note from B. F. Burgunder giving background.]

11

GBS : Autograph Letter [card] Signed to [Cyril Sykes]It is quite a mistake to suppose that male polictical prisoners are in any way
privileged.

11

GBS : Typed Letter Signed to Simon BrentanoLondon; My dear Mr. Brentano, Whatever the reason may be, it is beyond all
question

11

GBS : Autograph Letter[card] to Simon BrentanoLondon; The enclosed will help to document my letter

11

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Augusta, Lady GregoryAyot St. Lawrence; My dear Lady Gregory/ Three times at least I have begun
letters to you; [With comments from Dan. H. Laurence]

11

GBS : Autograph Letter[postcard] Signed to Augusta, Lady
GregoryAyot St. Lawrence; Our letters crossed. I'll write to the Lord Mayor. [Shaw
photo on the back of the postcard]

GBS : Autograph Letter[card] Signed to Harold WrightLondon; Many thanks for the book. It will be most useful to me.

11

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to W. Perriton MaxwellTorquay; Dear Mr. Perriton Maxwell/ I had rather not answer your questions just
now,

11

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed to Sir John Squireorquay; Dear Squire/ Read the enclosed. Denis Mackail is a son of Jack Mackail
[With note from B.F. Burgunder with brief identity sketches of those mentioned
in the letter. Pasted into a hard binding.]

GBS : Autograph Note: to "Carbonato" [Paul Reynolds]Text of a telegram Shaw sent to his New York agent regarding the sale of
O'Flaherty V.C.;with transcription on a separate leaf; begins
"Am doubtful about Flaherty / What does Hearst offer / play contains roughly
9,000 words"

12

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to John E. VedrenneTurners Hill, Sussex; purchased at Sotheby's, December 13, 1994; begins "I have
been out of London since Androclesappeared"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Hesketh PearsonAyot St. Lawrence; with typed transcription on separate leaf; begins "Now, God
help you, you are, like all hero"

12

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Hesketh Pearson
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; typed transcription on separate leaf; with two of Shaw's
printed postcards, one beginning "I have received your letter," the other
beginning "Mr. Bernard Shaw's secretary has general instructions"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to W.J. Bassett-LowkeLondon; the body of the letter is in the hand of Ann Elder, Shaw's secretary;
includes note on separate leaf by Bernard Burgunder; begins "It is quite clear
that there has been no advance on"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Brentano'sLondon; begins "Dear Brentanos / I have just come across an unanswered
letter"

12

GBS : to Autograph Letter Signed: Hesketh Pearson
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; with typed transcription on separate leaf; begins "You will
see by the enclosed that / MacCarthy"

12

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to A.G.? GardinerAyot St. Lawrence; with explanatory note on separate leaf; deals with World War
I; begins "My dear Gardiner / I was, as you may imagine, delighted with your
article: "The Dynasts"

12

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to C.D. Medley, Jr.
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; begins "Many thanks for the tip. I knew about the / section,
and, as I now find on working out a few cases, / underrated its value."

GBS : Typed Letter: to Sergei IvanovGift of Dan H. Laurence, January 1989; acquired by him as a discard from the
British Museum; see his letter to J. Tyler of January 10, 1989; with a note in
the hand of Dan H. Laurence near bottom of the sheet; original letter
unlocated; begins "Dear Sir / I have written an article for you"

GBS : Typed Letter: to Sir Horace PlunkettOn the Irish political situation; with an explanatory "Note from Dan H.
Laurence" on separate leaf signed B.F. Burgunder and dated May 10, 1977; begins
"My dear Plunkett / I approach the question before the convention"

12

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Ernest NewmanPriors Field, Surrey; Shaw on music; Newman was a music critic; begins "My dear
Newman / You have not tumbled to the joke about Strauss's Joseph. My elaborate
apology"

GBS : Typed Letter: to Hesketh PearsonWith revisions in his hand; all but the last paragraph is taken from the Oct.
28, 1918 letter, and most is published in Pearson's Bernard
Shaw(London 1942) on pp. 212-213, 216-217

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to Ernest Thurtle [initialed]London; the "book" was published in 1920 as Military Discipline and
Democracy,and was by Thurtle; begins "I have read the book, and will
write to you about it as soon"

GBS : Autograph Letter: to G.M. Jeffries [shorthand]With "translation"; Shaw mentions a bulk offer of one million dollars for
rights to all his works; Jeffries' letter appears on verso; begins "Dear Sir /
The situation seems to be that Cashel Byron's Professionmay for
business purposes"

Notes on the size and financing of Shaw's home in Ayot St. Lawrence; also
included is a map of the area, in an unknown hand; with a note by Bernard F.
Burgunder. From Oct. 15, 1920, Oct. 14, 1922, Sept. 23, 1928

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to T. CromeLondon; written on a printed correspondence card [Laurence D7] beginning: I am
much obliged to you for your letter, which I have read carefully; letter begins
"It seems to me that if such a picture were / by Rembrandt"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Edgar JepsonLondon; begins "My dear Jepson, You have got it all right I think; at least
that is"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Lillah McCarthy
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; with typed transcription on separate leaf; begins "On Monday
I shall be at the Drama League meeting at the Haymarket all afternoon"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Hesketh Pearson
[initialed]London; written on margin and verso of Typed Letter Signed to him from Hesketh
Pearson, May 26, 1921; begins "Dear H.P. / The difficulty about replying is
that it is"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to [J.B.] Fagan [initialed]London; "H.H." is Heartbreak House.Fagan produced the play at
the Royal Court Theatre, Oct. 18, 1921; begins "My dear Fagan / Take a blue
pencil and copy of H.H.; and make the following cuts in Act III"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to [?]London; advice on how to learn musical composition and conducting; begins "Dear
Sir, I can do nothing: old people like myself are"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to J.E. Vedrenne [initialed]London; begins "Dear V.D. / I sent you a copy when the book was published"

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to Olga Nethersole [initialed]London; includes facsimile of address on envelope; begins "What! Be wasted on
the chair!"

13

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Conal O'Riordan [initialed]London; one leaf is a dealer description of the letter; "The proposal" is
evidently for O'Riordan to write a book about Shaw; the envelope is addressed
in a hand other than Shaw's; begins "My dear Conal / Unless the proposal
involves an advance of at least"

13

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to George Herbert Thring

13

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Werner LaurieLondon; apparently in response to a request for autobiographical material; with
explanatory note on separate leaf; begins "Dear Mr. Werner Laurie / Many people
complain that it has never occurred to me to do anything else"

13

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to George Herbert ThringLondon; begins "My dear Thring, In answer to yours of the 2nd about the"

13

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Henry W. MassinghamLondon; on the publication history of his article "On Going To Church"; gift of
Bernard F. Burgunder, nov. 17, 1978; begins "My dear Massingham, On Going To
Church is an"

13

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to George E. MacIlwainLondon; begins "Dear Sir / I am much obliged to you for sending me the two
columns of Needham news from the Boston Globe"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Hesketh Pearson
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; Pearson is one of Shaw's biographers; with a note by Bernard
F. Burgunder; begins "William being Silent at the top of his"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Mrs. Forsyth ButtonLondon; acquired May 1992; begins "Why, when I have done a particularly / long
and hard job"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Mr. Dupernex?London; evidently the gentleman had sent Shaw some kind of "relic" connected
with St. Joan; begins "Dear Mr. Dupernex / It was very kind of you to send me
the enclosed; but I return it"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Sir John Martin-HarveyStrathpeffer, England; begins "Blanco is fully licensed, / and has been for
years past."

GBS : Typed Letter: to Baron Palmstierna [draft]London; Baron Palmstierna was the Swedish Minister in London; Shaw sent a
similar letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy; begins
"May it please Your Excellency / The award of the Nobel prize for the year 1925
to"

13

GBS : Envelopes addressed to Blanche PatchDecember 18, 1943; Ayot St. Lawrence; they seem to have been kept by Miss Patch
as receipts; one is marked "Fur Coat," the other "Re. Joe's operation."

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Sir John Martin-HarveyLondon; with explanatory note by Bernard F. Burgunder; begins "Dear
Martin-Harvey / The enclosed will serve all purposes. It does not bind you to /
produce Blanco if in the meantime you should get going with anything more
attractive"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Sir John Martin-HarveyLondon; discusses costumes of Blanco; begins "Let the imagination play. There
never / was no such place nor no such people."

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to John ShandLondon; advice to a young writer; begins "Dear Mr. John Shand / You are in a
devil of a hurry, aren't you? I earned £5-14-9 by my pen in 9 years."

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Gertrude BurnettAyot St. Lawrence; the postcard has a photograph of Shaw on the reverse side;
begins "I was so sorry I could not come to"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Blanche Patch [initialed]Falmouth; begins "The son is not the man his father was"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Brentano's?Ayot St. Lawrence; the address is to New York City, and seems to be to Shaw's
American publisher; begins "The book on Socialism - title: The Intelligent"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Charles Hunt HelmsleyDiscusses the program for the first public London discussion of Mrs.
Warren's Profession; purchased 12/92; begins "My Dear C.H.H. / Here
is the proof."

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Arthur Bourchier
[initialed]London; with notes by Dan Laurence and Bernard Burgunder; Bourchier presented
with Charles Macdona the 1st London production of Mrs. Warren's Profession and
played the role of Sir George Crofts; begins "My dear Bourchier / But for you I
don't know what would have happened"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Sir John Martin-HarveyLondon; begins "My dear Sir John, I squeezed in at the Coliseum one night, and
was glad to find / a house that left the management nothing to complain of.
Blanco is / all right for you; and you are all right for Blanco."

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Charles MacdonaBegins "My dear Macdona, Mine is a dog's life. Half the time I am"

13

GBS : Typed Letter: to Messrs Williams & Norgate Ltd.London; this is the carbon of the typescript; the corrections, initials, and
date are by Blanche Patch; begins "Dear Sir / I have no objection to the
inclusion of"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to [?]Concerns the Berne Convention, dealing with internation copyright; begins "Sir,
It appears to us to be cause for very great regret"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Margaret HalstanAyot St. Lawrence; with copy; postcard with photograph of Shaw, marked
"Copyright Robert de Smet Bruxelles"; begins "This is what I look like when
anyone / mentions"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Clarence NormanLondon; begins "Dear Clarence Norman / Your old friend G.D. has had a breakdown
and is very fragile-"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Ellaline Terriss
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; an actress, Miss Terriss was the daughter of William
Terriss, an actor who died in 1897; See: SHAW PHOTOGRAPH Terriss, Ellaline;
begins "My dear Ellaline Terriss / This is a nice trick to play on an ancient
and broken man"

13

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Albert Victor BaillieLondon; Shaw's views on homosexuality, addressed to the Dean of Windsor; with
explanatory note added on separate leaf by Bernard F. Burgunder; with 5 leaves
of photocopies indicating the connection between this letter and The
Well of Lonelinessby Radclyffe Hall; begins "My dear Dean / I think
the letter is a leg-pull"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Maurice BaringLondon; note is reproduced as part of a typescript on "On Our First Meeting
with George Bernard Shaw," by Gene Tunney and his wife, "G.A. and Mrs. T.";
begins "Dear Maurice / Max Beerbohm and his wife are lunching with us today at"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to G.W. BishopMalvern; with explanatory note on separate leaf; begins "Dear Bishop / I forgot
to say, in the course of our conversation yesterday, that the main oversight in
the criticisms of The Apple Cart "

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Robert S. Young London; on the subject of a National Theatre for England; with clipping from
The Times(October 28, 1929) in which the letter is quoted;
begins "Dear Mr. Young, The nation does not care tuppence about a National
Theatre"

GBS : Typed Letter: to Mr. J. ChachikLondon; authorizing an edition in Hebrew of "The Guide" [ An Intelligent
Woman's Guide...? ] by Tarbuth Limited; begins "Gentlemen, I will
accept £10 for an edition of 2000 copies of"

13

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Charles Benjamin PurdomLondon; envelope and photocopy of the Everyman article, "Is Shaw
Played Out?" by Purdom, included; letter deals with Granville Barker and the
production of Shaw's plays; begins "Dear Sir / I have to thank you for an
understanding article in Everyman"

GBS : Letter: to W.E. StaffordLondon; included with this letter is a three-leaf manuscript in Stafford's hand
concerning errors in The Admirable Bashville , and other
addressed by Stafford to Byrne Lackett; with note by Bernard F. Burgunder;
begins "I am much obliged to you for the correction in The Admirable Bashville
/ It is odd that all the most glaring"

GBS : Typed Letter: to the Editor of The TimesGreat Malvern; envelope addressed to G.W. Bishop; for other materials related
to The Barretts of Wimpole Street , see G.W. Bishop's manuscript
on the Malvern festival, and Shaw's letter to The Observerof
early Sept. 1930; begins "Sir, There seems to be a good deal of the sultry West
Indian"

13

GBS : Typed Letter: to the Editor of The ObserverGreat Malvern; concerns the production of The Barretts of Wimpole
Street at Malvern; for related material see G.W. Bishop's manuscript
concerning the festival, and the copy of Shaw's letter to The
Times, 8/29/30; begins "Sir, On the 29th August The Times published
an extraordinary"

Calendar and dealer's listThe letters of Shaw to Dodd, Mead & Co. have been kept among the papers
with which they were received at Cornell in August 1987; these papers are the
incomplete but extensive correspondence file maintained by Dodd, Mead & Co.
on business relations with Shaw; added entry cards have been made for all items
other than Shaw's letters to Dodd, Mead & Co.

14

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Max Pemberton

14

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Ellen TerryPhotocopy of the original in the possession of S. Phelps Platt, Jr. and
published in Laurence, Collected Letters,vol. 3; with typed
explanatory note by S. Phelps Platt on separate leaf

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "The material you asked us to wait for was some new autobiographical
material which we could use together with a selection of autobiographical
excerpts from your other writings"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Document: Invoices to Shaw

14

Patch, Blanche : Typed Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.Begins "Is it possible for you to procure and send me a copy of Green Dolphin
Country by Elizabeth Goudge, and debit Mr. Bernard Shaw's account with the
cost?"

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "The entire staff of Dodd Mead and Company sends you greetings"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: Internal memoBegins "Memorandum to Mr. H.C. Lewis / Mr. E.H. Dodd, Jr. / Just as a matter of
written record, I think we ought to consider for near-future publication the
idea of a Shaw omnibus"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawWith two carbon copies; begins "While we understandthat you are turning over
business arrangements in connection with your literary affairs to the
Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers, nevertheless I
venture to approach you on a matter on which I am sure you will wish to make
your own decision."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "The enclosed is a revised version of the Proposal for Shaw Reader which
should have accompanied our letter of October 22nd."

Winsten, Stephen : Typed Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.Begins "The American edition of G.B.S.90 has just reached me."

14

GBS : Typed Letter: to Dodd, Mead & Co.Begins "Reader suggests schoolbook why not two omnibus volumes of all the plays
and all the prefaces instead of picking out the plums"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to Stephen WinstenBegins "It was a great pity that we had no time to consult you when preparing
the American edition of G.B.S. 90."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "Thanks for your cable. We already have two omnibus volumes of your
plays - Nine Plays and Six Plays - and another one in contemplation for a later
period."

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Mr. Shaw has perhaps showed you my recent correspondence with him
concerning a collection of autobiographical writings selected from his
works."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to Otto KyllmannBegins "Since I last wrote you about out various thoughts for a Shaw anthology
we have had a good deal of correspondence with Mr. Shaw and have finally
projected a volume of autobiographical selections from his works."

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Your prompt letter is appreciated. We have given careful thought to
your proposal and are anxious to explore it further."

14

Loewenstein, F.E. : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.Includes carbon copy and typed transcription on separate leaves; begins "Thank
you for your letter of the 18th. Re Outside Contributions - I have in mind only
a few:"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "We have been doing a good deal of thinking about the proposed selection
of Shaw autobiographical material as a result of your letter of the
twenty-fifth."

Loewenstein, F.E. : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.With typed transcription of postcard and carbon copy; begins "Thank you for
your cable and letter of March 19th. May I point out that there will be plenty
of unpublished material in my projected Autobiography and that there had been a
selection made of the Shaw letters"

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "We have been studying the table of contents you sent us for the
selection of autobiographical writings of Shaw."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "Thank you for forwarding on the letter from Carlton Lake."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "The owner of the Shaw Letter sold out of the Hogan Estate,"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "The form letter suggesting payment of royalties once a year was, of
course, sent to you in error, as it certainly does not apply to your
account."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "It does seem that we have been a long time deciding on what each of us
felt this book should be, but I am glad to say that I think your letter of
April twenty-eighth at last clears it up."

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Thank you for sending back the letter signed, and your ammendment is
quite satisfactory except that we would like to handle Canada if that can
possible be arranged."

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Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "I have been instructed by Mr. E.H. Dodd, Jr. to arrange to send you
$250.00 of which is the amount of the fee due you in connection with your work
on the book of Shaw letters."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "In accordance with your instructions of June 12th, we have this day
arranged with our bank to forward their draft in American dollars"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Thank you for your note. We will assume, then, that Canadian rights are
ours"

GBS : Typed Letter: to Dodd, Mead & Co. [excerpt]Begins "As to the projected book of autobiographic sketches, for which I have
written some new pages, I propose"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Thank you for your post card. Your news is most encouraging and we have
had a note from Mr. Shaw as well,"

14

Loewenstein, F.E. : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.Includes typed transcription on separate leaf; begins "Reporting progress: From
the material submitted by me to Mr. Shaw, he has so far selected about 57,000
words to which are added about 5000 newly written words."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "I am replying to your letter of the 10th of August in reference to the
royalty accountings which we have been sending to the British Society of
Authors."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to William H. WiseBegins "Dr. F.E. Loewenstein, who is preparing a volume of Bernard Shaw
material for us writes that he is trying to secure a group of press
cuttings"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Messrs. William Wise tell me that the person in their firm who knows
about those press clippings happens to be in London right now,"

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "The number of words selected and approved according to your latest
report of August 20 is indeed encouraging, but I must say I rather view with
alarm your apparent emphasis on unpublished material and the proposed inclusion
of art criticism."

Loewenstein, F.E. : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.Includes typed transcription on separate leaf; begins "Thank you very much for
your letters of August 19th, 27th, 28th. I have written to Miss Elsie
Guthman."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to ShawBegins "We are sending you under separate cover six copies of your Two
Plays - Geneva and Good King Charles -published here in one volume
in our uniform set."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to William H. WiseBegins "Mr. John Crawley suggested I write you about the following matter."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Your letter of September 3 brings surprising news but you make it sound
like very good news."

14

Loewenstein, F.E. : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.Begins "Thank you very much for your letter of the 10th."

14

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "Thank you for your information about completion of the book."

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "It seems to be difficult to get in touch with the Kennerleys, although
the additional information you gave me should be a great help."

14

Kennerley, Mitchell : Typed Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.Begins "Please note my address as above. If Mr. Shaw will refer to Dan Rider's
Book 'My Adventures with George Bernard Shaw', he will find that Mr. Rider lost
out on the clippings."

Dodd, Mead & Co. : Typed Letter: to LoewensteinBegins "We've been in touch with Mitchell Kennerley, and he believes that the
press clippings which we are looking for are not the ones which Rider was
interested in"

GBS : Typed Letter: to Dodd, Mead & Co.Begins "The Autobiographic Scraps & Sketches is being put through with all
possible expedition for you."

14

Loewenstein, F.E. : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead &
Co.

14

GBS : Typed Manuscript Signed: Ireland by ClipperOne photocopy of The New Yorker article "The Talk of the Town" dated July 31,
1948; and one photocopy of an article in The Saturday Review titled "'As
corrected' by G. Bernard Shaw"

14

GBS : Typed Letter: to Dodd, Mead & Co.Begins "Drown your designer. There is nothing so ugly in print as a combination
of type with ordinary handwriting."

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead & Co.Begins "There are two questions on which you are pressing me: both
difficult."

14

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead & Co.Begins "As you are still infatuated about $5 Selections, there is no reason why
I should not indulge you,"

14

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead & Co.Begins "I do not understand the economies of this Book Club business"

15

GBS : Letter: to Lord Alfred DouglasVenice; begins "Dear Lord Alfred Douglas / It is a pity that Wilde still tempts
men to write Lives of him. If ever there was a writer whose prayer to posterity
might well have been 'Read my works; and let my life alone' it was Oscar."

GBS : Typed Letter: to Mr. HieattLondon; Shaw discusses his complaints about a garbage dump; includes
explanatory note on separate leaf; begins "Dear Mr. Hieatt / I am much obliged
to you for sending me the letter of the"

GBS : Letter Signed: to Lennox RobinsonPrinted circular letter, headed "The Irish Academy of Letter," signed by Shaw
and by W.B. Yeats, and addressed in Yeats' hand to Lennox Robinson; bought at
Sotheby's, NY, Dec. 11, 1989; begins "Dear Sir, We have at present in Ireland
no organisation"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to John FarleighLondon; begins "This is an indication that you have hit / French taste"

15

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Frank F. Bennell [initialed]Handwritten note in Shaw's hand at bottom; London; begins "Mr. Bernard Shaw,
who is not and never has been a / professional lecturer, is now obliged to
restrict his appearances / as a public speaker to special and exceptional
occasions,"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Stanley UnwinLondon; begins "Dear Stanley Unwin / The twelve and sixpenny omnibus has been
sold out for a long time."

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Simon & Schuster, publishers
[draft of cable]The date appears to be in the hand of Blanche Patch; begins "Impossible the
deal is off"

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Blanche Patch [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; begins "I have nothing to do with your Income Tax:"

15

GBS : Typed Letter: to Sir Francis YounghusbandCorrections in the hand of Blanche Patch; with explanatory note on separate
leaf; begins "Dear Sir Francis / I start for a trip round South America on the
16th, and am not / due back until the 1st April."

15

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to I.W. PriorLondon; begins "Dear Sir, Do not let yourself be drawn into an argument."

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Victor BarnowskyLondon; Dear Mr. Barnowsky/ All the directors who have suffered in the
abominable persecution in Germany

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as the letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for
the B.B.C.; London; begins "I have this record. It is quite"

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to ? [initialed]The clipping advertises an amateur performance of Shaw's You Never Can
Tellin Egypt; includes a note by Bernard F. Burgunder; London;
begins "I have written to Routledge that the matter"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Hannen SwafferPrimarily on the Labour Party and British Politics; Malvern; begins "Dear
Hannen Swaffer / I must send you a belated"

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as the letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for
the B.B.C.; Malvern; begins "The main suggestion that occurs to"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as the letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for
the B.B.C.; London; begins "May I have a look at these scripts first?"

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as the letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for
the B.B.C.; London; begins "May I have a look at these scripts first?"

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Gene TunneyLetter is on the sheet bearing printed instructions "From London to Ayot St.
Lawrence By Road"; London; begins "My dear Gene / We shall be at Ayot as above
until Thursday the 22nd."

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to I. William PriorAyot St. Lawrence; begins "No. Yes. Please delete which is not applicable."

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to John FarleighAyot St. Lawrence; begins "I am off to Eastbourne for all / next week"

15

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyThe B.B.C. wants to broadcast Act III from The Millionairess;
this letter is on the same sheet as the letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for
the B.B.C.; London; begins "No: I absolutely bar anything short of a complete
broadcast"

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for the
B.B.C.; on the same sheet is an additional note by Shaw in a difference color
ink; London; begins "O.K."

15

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for the
B.B.C.; Sidmouth; begins "O.K. The cathedral scene"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[Hamilton Marr] [initialed]Notes by Shaw on a B.B.C. production of Saint Joan; Ayot St.
Lawrence; begins "Schools may mean either sixth"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Vernon Bartlett
[initialed]London; note on one of Shaw's specially printed postcards; with a note by
Bernard F. Burgunder; begins "We are both quite well (for our ages) and Mrs.
Shaw bids me not forget"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to John FarleighLondon; begins "I had a big job to finish and / had to forget everything"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyLondon; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr
for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. But in future, if I am to"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for the
B.B.C.; begins "No objection."

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to James HabgoodLondon; begins "Dear Sir, I remember your father very well; but we were not
in"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr
for the B.B.C.; also attached is a note by Blanche Patch[?] on one of Shaw's
compliments cards; begins "Send it to them by all means."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr
for the B.B.C.; begins "Why this appalling cut in"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyLondon; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr
for the B.B.C.; begins "Hooray! Terms accepted. Go ahead."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to John FarleighLondon; begins "I have got muddled about those / drawings. I held back
those"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Henry Kiell Ayliff
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; begins "As much music as you like"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler
for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K.; but tell the announcer that I am
professionally"

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyDroitwich; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton
Marr for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. Go ahead; but the last"

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to George MacyLondon; with this are filed 3 printed items, all concerning the Limited
Editions Club edition of Back to Methuselah:1) The
Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club,July 1939; 2)
With the advice of G.B.S.;3) "Back to Methuselah": an
announcement by the Leicester Galleries of an exhibit of John Farleigh's
drawings

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Blanche Patch [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; the second card orders Miss Patch to disregard the
information on the first; begins "I am too old to learn new"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr
for the B.B.C.; begins "This raises the question of the translation."

GBS : Autograph Letter: to Gladys Storey [shorthand draft]"Kate" is Kate Perugini, the daughter of Charles Dickens. The story is of
Dickens's relationship with his wife; also included are 2 typed transcriptions
of the draft by Blanche Patch, a Typed Letter Signed from Dan Laurence to Miss
Patch requesting a transcription, and a typed copy of a letter from Kate
Perugini to Shaw requesting an interview for Miss Storey (October 1927); begins
"Dear Miss Story [sic] / As Kate decided to tell the story that way, told so it
must be in any"

16

GBS : Typed Letter: to I.W. PriorLondon; the letter was typed and signed by Shaw's secretary, Blanche Patch;
begins "Dear Sir, Mr. Bernard Shaw asks me to say that he has no idea"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Henry Kiell Ayliff
[initialed]London; begins "Flanco will be all right for a long / time yet."

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Hesketh Pearson [fragment]Text concerns Henry Arthur Jones; included with this facsimile are a letter
addressed to Shaw by Jones's daughter, and a notation by Jones himself
concerning Shaw; begins "The clique that abhorred me is long since dead; and as
I cannot find the name of the club"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr
for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K.; but you will"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Henry Kiell Ayliff
[initialed]London; begins "It is an astonishing fact that I / have never seen S.H."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Henry Kiell Ayliff
[initialed]London; begins "The copy you sent me does not / contain the cuts."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyLondon; Shaw gives some suggestions on casting a performance of
Candidaby the B.B.C.; this letter is on the same sheet as a
letter to Shaw from Hamilton Marr for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. Phyllis Neilson
Terry and"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter from R.G. Walford for the
B.B.C.; begins "Tell them that they must not"

16

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GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Ethel Shaw (Mrs. Gordon Walters)
[initialed]London; begins "My dear Ethel / We must bear in mind that under the new
inheritance laws a mother inherits before a sister"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
Hamilton Marr for the B.B.C.; begins "Probably it has not yet been
delivered."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
Hamilton Marr for the B.B.C.; begins "Not enough for half the play."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Henry Kiell Ayliff
[initialed]London?; begins "Dear Ayliff, I have just rung you up but can't get any"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
Hamilton Marr for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. for fifteen guineas. The
Government"

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Charles Benjamin PurdomLondon; begins "Dear Mr. Purdom, I have to thank you for the copy you have sent
me of the proposal for an Actor's Theatre as part of the work of Equity."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Gene Tunney [initialed]London; begins "Charlotte has written you all the"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyLondon; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler
for the B.B.C.; begins "NO. The situations will make no"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Saul Colin [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; begins "Dear D. Colin / You must not act as my agent: I have
no need of one"

16

GBS : Typed Letter: to Mr. CrawleyLondon; Shaw was considering dropping his American publishers, Dodd, Mead &
Co.; with a note by Bernard Burgunder; begins "Dear Mr. Crawley / You have
already received my cable of the 20th May."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler
for the B.B.C.; begins "There are 52 pages of narrative and dialogue"

16

GBS : Typed Letter: to Edith Craig [draft]London; Edith Craig was the daughter of Ellen Terry; includes one leaf of
explanation by Karl Goedecke; begins "My dear Edy / The ancient Pagans, who had
a much keener sense of public decency"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyLondon; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler
for the B.B.C.; begins "Disgraceful delay. I am sorry."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyLondon; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler
for the B.B.C.; begins "A guinea a minute."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "Two guineas: a guinea per 100 words"

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Gertrude BurnettLondon or Ayot?; Miss Burnett was evidently a teacher and producer of drama;
begins "Dear Gertrude Burnett, It is one of the misfortunes of the war that it
has taken"

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Donald S. RobertsonAyot or London?; concerns Housman and Galsworthy; with explanatory note on
separate leaf by Bernard F. Burgunder; begins "Dear Mr. Robertson, I met
Housman only once in Westminster Abbey at the Hardy"

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to I.W. PriorAyot St. Lawrence; begins "Dear Sir, The best way is not to protest. Wait until
the war is"

16

GBS : Typed Letter: to the Editor, [?]Ayot St. Lawrence; with holograph corrections; concerns British bombing policy,
specifically bombardment of continental cities; begins "Cui Bono? / Sir / First
may we make clear that though we are about to propose an arrangement with the
Axis"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. Four guineas."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Hesketh PearsonLondon; with two notes of reference on separate leaves by Bernard F. Burgunder;
begins "In finishing the story of Aveling by saying that I / had known only 2
equally conscienceless men, a colonel and a clergyman, I quite forgot the
Reverend Harold Davidson."

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "If all you want is the 38 words beginning
'I believe in Michael Angelo"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed fragment]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "...color and charm the color of skin
does not"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; with photocopy and typed transcript; this letter is on the
same sheet as a letter to Shaw from B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins
"Elizabeth means nothing to me. / I am too"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "Yes, if you can get"

16

GBS : Written Letter Signed: to Ernest EsdaileAyot St. Lawrence; begins "Quite a vivid little sketch"; additional items
include typed mock-up of a flier advertising Esdaile's book, inscribed by Shaw
in red ink and typed note from Esdaile "A SUGGESTION", inscribed and signed by
Shaw

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Elizabeth C. YeatsLondon; photocopy only; begins "Dear Mrs. Yeats / Do you think it would be
possible to make a private edition of it? How / many of the 500 copies can
you"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to F.R. Brown Jr.Ayot St. Lawrence; in this postcard Shaw describes Hitler as "a very dangerous
madman"; begins "It is true that the high moral games"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company (B.H.
Alexander)Cliveden, Taplow, Bucks; reply to a letter of August 8, 1941 from B.H.
Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "No harm done. Fee £5-5-0

16

GBS : Envelope addressed to Blanche PatchMaidenhead, England

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; discussion of Saint Joan;this letter is on
the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "I
know only 5 of the cast, being"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; Shaw objects to a broadcast of The Chocolate
Soldier.; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "I understand that the holders of the
copyright"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
J.E.M. Waters[?] for the B.B.C.; begins "I must charge something as a matter
of"

16

GBS : Typed Letter: to the Prime MinisterPetition for a Civil List pension for the widow of G. Herbert Thring, former
secretary of the Society; with a note by Bernard Burgunder; begins "Dear Prime
Minister, We the undersigned members of the Society of Authors"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; the letter is in response to a letter from M.T. Candler for
the B.B.C.; begins "In reply to your AP/MTC dated the 9th"

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "£36-15-0 (thirtyfive guineas)

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Georgina (Gillmore)
MustersAyot St. Lawrence; with note by Bernard F. Burgunder on separate leaf; begins
"As our people here must have a / holiday we are"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Cliveden; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T.
Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "I object violently. The broadcast"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from S.
McGrath for the B.B.C.; begins "I have no recollection of this; but send it
to"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. for 4 guineas"

16

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this note appears in the body of a letter to Shaw from B.H.
Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. Say a guinea a minute with a
maximum"

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. Note that my powers are limited to
my"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "I am sorry to upset your program; but
this"

16

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Theodora WinstenAyot St. Lawrence?; concerns jacket design for Everybody's Political
What's What;begins "Dear Theodora / Don't be excited; you are not
being commissioned to redecorate the Sistine Chapel"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Theodora WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; begins "Dear Theodora / The enclosed explain themselves /
The blank form is in the first rank"

16

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Ethel Shaw (Mrs. Gordon Walters)
[initialed]London; begins "Dear Ethel / We have been in London since the 26th July"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to J. Robertson ScottAyot St. Lawrence; with explanatory note by Dan H. Laurence; begins "I never
spoke to Stead in my life, nor even saw him except once at a public
meeting."

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is in response to a request from B.H. Alexander
of the B.B.C.; begins "My secretary tells me that I never"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Mrs. M.S. WilemanAyot St. Lawrence; Shaw on the art of education; begins "The quotation is from
The Revolutionist's Handbook"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Marie BerginAyot St. Lawrence; postcard bears slight water damage; begins "You are better
off than I was / eighty years"

17

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]London; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from S. McGrath?
for the B.B.C.; begins "Five guineas. I will send a line"

17

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence?; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
S. McGrath for the B.B.C.; begins "This won't do at all. Never cry stinking
fish."

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
M.T. Candler for the B.B.C.; begins "I am all in favor of the story being"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Theodora WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; begins "By all means do what you can / I had a talk about it
with you father yesterday"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "Is the broadcast to be in English or
Chinese?"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter: to Otto Kyllmann [shorthand]Includes a typed transcript; the draft is on the reverse of a letter from
Kyllmann to Shaw; Otto Kyllmann was with Constable & Co.; begins "Dear O.K.
/ I am not at all convinced that 20,000 more What's What will be needed."

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Clare WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; begins "My dear Clare / Forgive the orgy of bullying bad
manners in which I indulged on Sunday / Its intention was friendly but as it
did not produce"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "Is the broadcast to be in English or
Chinese?"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Bertha NewcombeAyot St. Lawrence; purchased from Swann Galleries, February 2, 1995; includes
one 10 shillings note and 1 photo of Mrs. Shaw; begins "My dear Bertha / the
ten shillings is for / Ann, if she still exists."

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from S.
McGrath[?] for the B.B.C.; begins "O.K. No charge"

17

GBS : Typed & Autograph Letter: to John WardropIncludes handwritten and typed copies; both copies appear to be transcripts,
made perhaps by Blanche Patch; begins "Your letter is an alarming one: I
perceive that I am ruining you,"

GBS : Typed Letter: to Eleanor O'ConnellShaw apparently sent this copy to Miss Patch with his letter to her of the same
day, for her information. The letter is to an older woman with whom young John
Wardrop was consorting and whom he had passed off as his wife to Shaw,
according to Dan H. Laurence; begins "He proved impossible. He was too young,
too excitable."

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is a response to a request from B.H. Alexander
for the B.B.C.; begins "In reply to your 03/CT/BHA dated"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter: to British Broadcasting CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "You cannot be tied down unless you
tie"

17

GBS : Telegram to Time and Tide

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]This letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from Mary Somerville for
the B.B.C.; begins "If the extract from C&C is really to illustrate a
lecture, it is fair quotation, to"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Allan WadeAyot St. Lawrence; inscribed on verso of photo of Shaw; with envelope; begins
"Dear Mr. Allan Wade / I am deeply indebted to you for the corrections, and
hope that they may no"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Clare Winsten [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; text concerns preliminary study for the statue of Saint Joan
which Clare Winsten was to sculpt for Shaw; begins "My dear Clare / What an
incorrigible megalomaniac you are! Do you suppose I want a white stone ghost of
Joan"

17

GBS : Typed Note: Is quite correct, . . . Concerns Shaw's will, and the trusteeship of the same; with a note at bottom,
"Above, after interview with Mr. Thrupp, of Public Trustee Office."

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Blanche PatchAyot St. Lawrence; begins "My dear Blanche, You have given me a jolt at
last"

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Theodora WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; begins "My dear Theodora / I want you to make a private note
that the film bargain is not a sound one"

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Dodd, Mead & Co.Photocopy, with notes added in the hand of Dan H. Laurence; gift of Dan H.
Laurence, January 1989; begins "Dear Dodds, I have to thank you for the
accounts and"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; "C&C" is Caesar and Cleopatra; this
letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler for the
B.B.C.; begins "Having now heard the film of C&C, I might"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting
CompanyThis letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from M.T. Candler for the
B.B.C.; begins "No. These scenes"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
Val Gielgud for the B.B.C.; begins "Splendid in its entirety, but"

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to William RowbottomLondon; with this letter is filed Rowbottom's original letter to Shaw
concerning suicide and copy of Shaw's response; begins "Dear Sir / Killing
yourself is a matter for your own judgement / Nobody can prevent you; and if
you are convinced"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "These 15" broadcasts are no use to
me."

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to British Broadcasting Company
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the reverse side of a letter to Shaw from
B.H. Alexander for the B.B.C.; begins "As to Italy and The Dark Lady, O.K."

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to ? [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence[?]; with a photocopy and typed transcript; advice on casting
for Don Juan in Hell; begins "I am told that you intend / to
make Don Juan"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Clare WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; begins "My dear Clare / The enclosed card and cheque will
see you through as far as casting is concerned"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Clare WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; begins "Dear Mrs. Winsten / It having been agreed between us
to decorate the dell in my garden with a statue of Joan of Arc"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to W.G.C. Gundry [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; begins "Gervinus and all that lot are, as to Shakespeare,
unreadable bardolators."

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Georgina (Gillmore) Musters
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; for discussion of this letter and related material see
Bernard Burgunder's Typed Manuscript Study of 46 Volumes; begins "I should have
said that Lucy / sold all this"

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Gene TunneyLondon; begins "My dear Gene, I have just picked up your address from a letter
your wrote to"

17

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to ? [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; purchased from Remember When Auctions, Inc., November 1993;
written on Shaw's printed calling card; begins "My job is to answer question,
not to ask them."

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Mrs. St. Clair StobartLondon; with commentary on the "hopeless" nature of any attempt to revise the
Book of Common Prayer and the decline of effective religious belief; begins
"Dear Mrs. Stobart / The late Rev. Dick Sheppard suggested that I should revise
the Prayer Book, as there were certain passages"

17

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to ?Ayot St. Lawrence; purchased from Remember When Auction, Inc., November 1993;
written on fragment of one of Shaw's printed postcards, Laurence D15(a); begins
"Neither does he ask questions; he answers them-"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Ethel Shaw (Mrs. Gordon Walters)
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; begins "My dear Ethel / The most hopeless, because the
maddest, of all gamblers is the one"

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Alan S. DownerAyot St. Lawrence; holograph answers to Downer's typed questions concerning
Harley Granville-Barker; one of Shaw's comments is written on a fragment,
including signature, of Downer's letter (ca. April 1, 1947)

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to ? [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; begins "Some persons with great artistic talent have no
conscience"

17

GBS : Autograph Note Signed: to Blanche Patch? [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; according to a note by Bernard Burgunder, this note
"establishes the date of the completion of Buoyant Billions;
begins "Here is the end of the play."

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Gene Tunney [initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; letter is on the printed broadside "From London to Ayot St.
Lawrence by Road"; begins "My dear Gene / I see you have landed. I am such a
pitiable old crock of"

17

GBS : Typed Letter: to Curtis FreschelBegins "Dear Curt, Now that you are, like myself, a widower, I may talk to you
freely"

GBS : Typed Letter: to British Broadcasting CompanyAyot St. Lawrence; this letter is on the same sheet as a letter to Shaw from
Joe Burroughs for the B.B.C.; begins "No. These dialect tomfooleries are not in
my class."

17

GBS : Typed Letter: to Dame Laurentia McLachlanBegins "Just as your letter came it happened also that I had a visit from"

17

GBS : Autograph Note: Statement for the press on the Spanish Civil
WarOn reverse of a letter from J.A. Balbontin, given to F.E. Loewenstein to be
given to Reuter's; with explanatory note on separate leaf

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Stephen WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; concerns memorial stone for Harry and Clara Higgs; begins
"Too late / I have engaged the local man who seems promising / His questions
are very intelligent"

17

GBS : Typed Letter: to Clare WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; begins "My dear Clare / You mustn't make scenes with me: I
am in that trade; and it doesn't amuse me. And I am much bothered at
present"

17

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Colonel "Eddie" EaganAyot St. Lawrence?; Eagan was evidently at one time a boxer; begins "Dear
Colonel Eagan, When my late wife began her career in that capacity I had
much"

17

GBS : Typed Letter: to William Ralph IngeAyot St. Lawrence?; copy made by Blanche Patch; begins "Dear Angelic Doctor,
Celebrations are the curse of eminent"

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to Blanche Patch [initialed]Two notes of different dates on one leaf, in answer to a typed question at the
top of the page; begins "No. I shall go on with Stern & Reubens, as"

17

GBS : Letter: to The Times Book ClubA printed postcard on which Shaw has written his order for "Ruskin by Peter
Quennell (Collins)"

GBS : Typed Letter Signed: to Clare WinstenAyot St. Lawrence; with a long postscript in Shaw's hand; text mainly concerned
with Erica Cotterill, author of a number of works on Shaw; begins "My dear
Clare / Sorrow be damned! I said nothing about sorrow. E.C. lived on a farm at
Bampton"

GBS : Autograph Letter: to Europa Films [shorthand draft]London; both letters deal with film rights in Sweden to Shaw's
Pygmalion; with "translation" and accompanying note by
Bernard Burgunder

17

GBS : Autograph Letter Signed: to I. William Prior
[initialed]Ayot St. Lawrence; this letter is an answer to a letter from Prior to Shaw
dated July 15, 1950, and appears on the same sheet with it; begins "I have not
changed my registered"

17

GBS : Typed Letter: to Blanche PatchAyot St. Lawrence; literary advice on the writing of her autobiography
Thirty Years With G.B.S.; with copy of letter, apparently
made by Blanche Patch; begins "My dear Blanche / Make a very sparing use of
the"

18

GBS : Typed Letter: to E. Margaret WheelerTyped transcripts made by Mrs. Wheeler and corrected in her hand of letters to
her by Shaw and of her letters to him; the transcript totals 467 numbered pages
plus a carbon copy of an index and an identifying note written by Mrs.
Wheeler

18

GBS : Typed Letter: to E. Margaret WheelerA complete photocopy of the 39 letters to and from E. Margaret Wheeler; should
be used instead of the transcripts whenever possible

112-114

The following, from Box 112-114, forms part of the Ann Elder Jackson
Collection [subseries]:

GBS: Autographed postcard initialed to Ann ElderRoyal Crescent Hotel, Filey, Yorkshire; At the next opportunity remind me of
the name of the acting manager [Verso has scenic photo of The Caves, Filey
Brigg]

112

GBS: Autographed note initialed to Ann ElderRoyal Crescent Hotel, Filey, Yorkshire; Kilsby is still too ill to move; but
we hope to get away tomorrow.

112

GBS: Autographed postcard initialed to Ann ElderAyot St. Laurence; Miss Pratt has just telegraphed her address,

GBS: Autographed Listing[n.p.] [Listing of items "Packed in Holdall" and items "Still to be packed"]

113

GBS: Autographed card to [Ann Elder][n.p.] I have told Standing to send you a gross of thin postcards [Beginning
card (verso is telephone number change notification) numbered (1) and ending
with (continued)]

GBS: Autographed postcard to Ann ElderAyot St. Lawrence; [Handwritten letter to unknown for Elder to type] Dear
Sir/ I went to see the puppets, and missed the most important thing in a
theatre: the pay box.

113

GBS: Autographed letter initialed to Ann ElderLondon; [Handwritten letter to Bertrand Russell for Elder to type] Dear
Bertrand Russell/ Yeats wrote to me about Chappelow, enclosing a letter from
a lady, a cousin of his.

113

GBS: Autographed postcard initialed to Ann ElderGloucester Hotle, Weymouth; I do not understand how the Barlow accounts have
got out of the usual sequence. [On verso is a color photograph of The King
Charles, Poole.]

113

GBS: Autographed postcard initialed to Ann ElderGloucester Hotle, Weymouth; I have had no proof of my article for J. P's
Weekly

113

GBS: Autographed note initialed to Ann ElderAyot St. Lawrence; Make a copy of this as early as possible, and send the
original,